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Topic: 8" Real Action Boba Fett Metal Figure

Well, these are finally shipping out and some of you may have been lucky enough to get them before Christmas. A fairly sharp looking figure, to say the least. And when they said METAL, man they weren't kidding. The inside body frame is die-cast metal, as well.

Is it me, or do the Japanese really like to put stuff together. The Marmit figures and the Kotobukiya models were in pieces like this. Of course, the Kotobukiya stuff ARE models, so they're actually supposed to be put together, but you get what I saying. Definitely going to have to play dress up with this figure, before you can display him.

Enjoy.

--Sadriel Fett (BFFC Moderator)"I'm just a simple Fan, trying to make my way in the universe."

Re: 8" Real Action Boba Fett Metal Figure

I'll be covering this figure more in my next "Roundup", but putting this figure together reminded me of how much I hated putting together the Marmit figure.

Overall, it's a nice looking figure with the exception of the legs... they just look odd (you can see in the pictures). The connections for the hands and feet are not very "tight" and the immense weight of the metal figure will normally cause the figure to fall over as the feet just give way.

As with the Marmit figure the extra items like the knee guards and rocket pack are just held in place by their own plastic shape and are prone to falling off.

If you've just got to get everything Fett related (like me) then go for it for $99 from starwarsshop.com otherwise, save your pennies for the 12" RAH Boba Fett if you can still find one.

- Sharpy

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Re: 8" Real Action Boba Fett Metal Figure

Sharpy wrote:

The connections for the hands and feet are not very "tight"......- Sharpy

Dude, I had that same problem with the Marmit figure. Everything went together fairly well, but the hands still keep popping off. That's the one thing I like about the Boba Fett RAH figure. The way they fixed the hands problem.

Have you gotten the Jango Fett RAH figure yet? That one looks really well done. And the helmet is actually more proportional than the Boba RAH figure. The only problem is getting the helmet on his head. It doesn't fit very well, so I ended up just leaving it off and posing him with it under his arm. If you force it on his head you can pose the helmet to where it looks normal, but if you place it on a high shelf, you can see his chin sticking out under the bottom of his helmet at a weird angle. It's like the head is leaning forward inside the helmet because it doesn't fit quite right. They still have the same stand as the Boba Fett RAH figure. So, it doesn't fit quite right either because the rocket pack gets in the way, so I just used one of those generic 12" figure stands. Other than that, though, I was really pleased with it. Very sharp looking.

--Sadriel Fett (BFFC Moderator)"I'm just a simple Fan, trying to make my way in the universe."

Re: 8" Real Action Boba Fett Metal Figure

Valthonin wrote:

Where can I get a good deal on a Boba Fett RAH figure?

The best place to get the RAH WAS through Sideshow Collectables, but your best places now are from reputable online dealers and if all else fails they are readily available on ebay depending on how much $$$ you are willing to spend.

As for the metal TOMY figure, starwarsshop.com

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Re: 8" Real Action Boba Fett Metal Figure

Sadriel_Fett wrote:

Well, these are finally shipping out and some of you may have been lucky enough to get them before Christmas. A fairly sharp looking figure, to say the least. And when they said METAL, man they weren't kidding. The inside body frame is die-cast metal, as well. Is it me, or do the Japanese really like to put stuff together. The Marmit figures and the Kotobukiya models were in pieces like this. Of course, the Kotobukiya stuff ARE models, so they're actually supposed to be put together, but you get what I saying. Definitely going to have to play dress up with this figure, before you can display him.

Enjoy.

Its not about the putting together its the Lisence that they have purchased.

its probably a kit liscence that they have from lucas so kit form it must be as osmeone IE hasbro already has the fig lisence in that scale...

ya see it all the time in all product lines.. change 1 line in the contract and you can do something similar and Lucas have more bucks in their pocket and we have to but more !